EPPO Global Database

Lagerstroemia speciosa(LAESP)

Pests

Organism Type
Ceroplastes ceriferus (as Lagerstroemia) (CERPCE) Host
Homalodisca vitripennis (HOMLTR) Host
* Grandgirard J, Hoddle MS, Roderick GK, Petit JN, Percy D, Putoa R, Garnier C, Davies N (2006) Invasion of French Polynesia by the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): a new threat to the South Pacific. Pacific Science 60(4), 429-438.
Selenothrips rubrocinctus (SLENRU) Host
* Gaud SM (1957) Control of the Red-Banded Thrips, Selenothrips rubrocinctus Giard, on Acalypha. Journal of Agriculture of University of Puerto Rico, 258-362.
Spodoptera frugiperda (as Lagerstroemia) (LAPHFR) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gómez DR, Roque-Specht VF, Sousa-Silva JC, Paula-Moraes SV, Peterson JA, Hunt T (2018) Host plants of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas. African Entomology 26, 286-300.
Anoplophora chinensis (as Lagerstroemia) (ANOLCN) Major host
* Sjöman H, Östberg J & Nilsson J (2014) Review of host trees for the wood-boring pests Anoplophora glabripennis and Anoplophora chinensis: an urban forest perspective. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 40(3), 143–164.